Editor's Note

Product Focus: Wire and Cable

The importance of wire and cable selection, installation and maintenance cannot be overstated. The aviation industry’s approach to the parlous state of electrical wiring can be likened to an alcoholic’s progress—stout denial,…

Commercial

Safety: Pre-Emptive Pattern Analysis

A nosewheel’s hard impact during a landing last year shows how pattern analysis can lead to safer practices. In this event, the analysis followed the costly incident, but the broad lesson about…

Editor's Note

Industry Scan

Enter Entegra Avidyne Corp. recently gained Federal Aviation Administration approval for its FlightMax Entegra primary flight display (PFD). The 10.4-inch display presents standard flight instrumentation, and its approval includes Avidyne’s solid state…

Editor's Note

Dispersing Heat: The Problems

Heat is an awkward parameter to control in an avionics system, especially if normal operation generates large amounts of it. And every part, wire and circuit board trace that has energy flowing…

Editor's Note

Editor's Note: Predicting the Recovery

It is not a scientific study. Still the survey that Helios Technology conducted at the previous two Maastricht air traffic control (ATC) shows in the Netherlands is interesting, if only to gauge…

Commercial

A380 Innovations: A Balancing Act

The giant Airbus 380 features subtle cockpit design. It balances new concepts and technologies within an existing framework to provide a familiar, yet easier-to-use pilot workspace. The human-machine interface (HMI) is interactive…

ATM Modernization

Capstone: Heating Up in Alaska

With a new avionics package approved, an IFR infrastructure being established and a study indicating it delivers safety benefits, the Capstone program in Alaska appears to be on a fast track. Does…

Business & GA

Product Focus: Developments in Data Bus Test

Although the ubiquitous Mil-Std-1553 data bus is fast approaching middle age, data bus test, simulation and monitoring equipment boasts up-to-the-minute packaging and software. The new Airbus 380 avionics backbone is rapidly gathering…